![]() ![]() ![]() 53% were minor in severity, rest were moderate or severe requiring monitoring, alteration of drug therapy, or intervention. Potential drug-drug interactions were encountered in majority of prescriptions, 90% appeared to be non intentional. An average of 6 medications was prescribed per patient. Parameters calculated were, average number of drugs per prescription, percentage of prescriptions having at least 1 pair of interacting drugs, average number of potentially interacting drug pairs per prescription, and classification of interactions based on mechanism and severity. ![]() One prescription per patient was collected on their 3rd day of hospitalization and analyzed for the likelihood of potential drug-drug interactions by using online data base-Medscape drug interaction checker and standard references. This cross sectional, observational study was carried out for the surveillance of the same. There is a need to know and understand the commonly occurring preventable interactions. ![]() A drug-drug interaction is said to occur when the effect of a drug is altered by concurrent administration of another drug. ![]()
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